Webber returned from a badly sprained ankle to collect his 34th
double-double and the cold-shooting Christie turned back a rally
with a clutch 3-pointer with 1:41 left, lifting the Sacramento
Kings to a 98-91 victory over the Raptors.

Webber had missed the last 10 games with a sprained left ankle
suffered on February 13 at Utah. The Kings went 6-4 during his
absence but gave up valuable ground in the race for the Western
Conference's best record and clearly missed their All-Star power
forward.

"They're still the same team," Raptors superstar Vince Carter
said. "They still have the same intensity. C-Webb is C-Webb
and he's going to bring his. By him being out, everybody else
had to step up a notch, so it all evened out."

After a very slow start, Webber finished with 19 points and 13
rebounds, shooting just 7-of-22 from the field. He scored eight
points in the third quarter, when the Kings took the lead for
good.

"I think he needed to get this game under his belt," Kings coach
Rick Adelman said. "Finally in the second half he got that one
ball and dunked it and I think he was a little reluctant. He
shot the ball really well in practice, so that surprised me. I
think he was hesitating on everything. He'll get better now
that he got this game under his belt. He'll get better as the
week goes on."

Webber had his ankle iced after the game and did not speak with
reporters.

Sacramento held a 13-point lead with 6 1/2 minutes to go before
Toronto rallied within 90-87 on a jumper by Alvin Williams with
2:28 left. The teams traded empty possessions before Christie
-- who had missed 10 of his first 11 shots -- sank a 3-pointer
to double the lead.

"The shot felt good all night," Christie said. "That wasn't the
big deal. The coach says you practice these shots all the time,
trust yourself is what he emphasizes. I just made that one at a
key time."

Christie and Jason Williams also scored 19 points apiece. After
two free throws by Charles Oakley made it a four-point game with
1:13 to play, Williams responded with an 18-footer for a 95-89
lead with 53 seconds remaining.

Carter and Antonio Davis each scored 25 points for the Raptors,
who had a five-game winning streak snapped in the opener of a
four-game road trip.

Vlade Divac had 17 points and 17 rebounds for the Kings, who are
in fifth place in the West but just 1 1/2 games out of the top
spot, which they held before Webber went down.

"With Chris in the lineup, we have to help him," Divac said.
"We have to move around and just can't stand around, especially
now (that) he says he needs more time to get back fully. He's
our main guy and without him we wouldn't be in this position, so
it's great to have (him)."

Webber scored just six points in the first half, which ended
with Toronto holding a 44-38 lead. Sacramento chipped away and
took a 58-57 lead with 4:52 left in the third quarter on the
last of Webber's three straight baskets.

A 3-pointer by Williams, a jumper by Peja Stojakovic and three
free throws by Christie extended the lead to 71-64 and the Kings
took a 73-68 advantage to the final period.

Sacramento widened the margin to 88-75 on a hoop by Scot Pollard
with 6:27 to go before Toronto got back in it with a 12-2 spurt,
highlighted by two 3-pointers by Chris Childs.

Stojakovic scored 10 points on just 5-of-18 shooting for the
Kings, who shot under 36 percent (31-of-87) but made 31-of-46
free throws.

Williams scored 17 points for the Raptors, who shot 37 percent
(33-of-90) and made 21-of-24 from the line. Carter was 9-of-25
from the field and attempted just six free throws, making them
all. The discrepancy at the line was noticed by Raptors coach
Lenny Wilkens.

"(Carter's) getting hit a lot and he's not getting the calls,"
Wilkens said. "I don't know why. He got banged going to the
basket a lot tonight. He's too good of a player to not get the
calls. Maybe they think he's so acrobatic that he's not getting
hit, but he is."

The Kings swept the season series from the Raptors, winning a
119-118 triple-overtime contest in Toronto without Webber on
February 23.